The UK's new spaceport in Shetland will be ready for satellite launches by July, MPs have been told. A number of companies ...

Spaceport on Shetland Islands will be ready for launch by July, MPs told - The Scottish Affairs Committee heard SaxaVord ...

Scottish Green MSP for the Highlands and Islands, Ariane Burgess, welcomed the announcement of a £20m UK Government ...

If Orbex completes its project, it will be the first UK-made rocket capable of orbital missions since Black Arrow, which last ...

German firm Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) have been awarded the first Launch Operator Licence allowing it to launch rockets from the SaxaVord Spaceport. The licence, granted by the Civil Aviation ...

Britain is set to be the site of Europe’s first rocket launch after the UK regulator granted the first licence of its kind for a vertical take-off. Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA), a German rocket ...

The UK government has invested £20m in rocket-maker Orbex as it prepares to build and launch from its site in the Shetland ...

Another six rocket companies are planning to launch from the Shetland site, but RFA are furthest ahead ... putting their valuable payload on board. UK company, Orbex, recently announced that ...

The Scottish Affairs Committee is holding a one-off evidence session next week asking the question:  Will a rocket be ...

It's a big deal for the UK's space industry and ... two lorries with their trailers. The rocket will take off from Launch Pad 1 'Fredo' at the SaxaVord site. It will then travel north west ...

The UK's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said it had granted a launch license to Rocket Factory Augsburg ... European Space Agency's established site in Kourou (French Guiana) is not just a ...